Blue Jackets Manual - WWII US Navy Recruiting Films DVD
Product Code: AVC-010
Our Price: $19.95
Description
The Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor destroyed the United States' vaunted battleship navy. Yet, the most powerful fleet the world had ever seen would rise from the ashes of December 7th. To man the aircraft carriers, submarines, cruisers and battleships that constituted this new flotilla, the U.S. Navy sought tens of thousands of recruits.
Featured on this DVD are rare films used to both publicize the role of the Navy, and to attract volunteers for America's new fleet. See rare, pre-WWII and wartime footage rescued from forgotten archives and private collections, and learn about what it took to make it as a Bluejacket in the 1940's.Includes:
- Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor
- Eyes Of The Navy
- Men Make The Navy
- Salute To The Navy
- Blue Jackets' Manual
- Anchors Away
- History of Naval Aviation
Digitally remastered and restored from original 16mm prints, many of the films on this DVD have never been available to the public. Please note: because of the age and rarity of these films, image and sound quality may vary.
Run time is about 90 minutes in B+W, sound and silent films. Format is NTSC DVD and region-free.